tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post3452076463775414265..comments2024-01-25T09:26:15.915-05:00Comments on Dixie Yid: Ma'seh w/Alter from Novardok & How Responsibility Creates New AbilitiesDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-88417070962176478722007-11-28T18:09:00.000-05:002007-11-28T18:09:00.000-05:00Maks, thanks for the ma'areh makom!-Dixie YidMaks, thanks for the ma'areh makom!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-71267715699417374382007-11-28T12:49:00.000-05:002007-11-28T12:49:00.000-05:00I realy don't want to start this up all over again...I realy don't want to start this up all over again, but I just saw this link and it reminded me of this post so I thought to share it:<BR/>http://www.mysefer.com/uploads/images_products_Scanned/2999.gif<BR/><BR/>In the first section there titled "Laws of Tiqqun Hatzoth and Getting Dressed" by the Ben Ish Hai, (first paragraph) he states that according to all the greatest doctors it is unhealthy to sleep less than 6 hours. However, read what he says in the second paragraph. :)<BR/>He does say "occasionaly"... I'm not sure what he would hold regarding every day on a regular basis though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-19489053719582467982007-11-12T17:01:00.000-05:002007-11-12T17:01:00.000-05:00Hashem ya'azor! Hatzlacha raba!-Dixie YidHashem ya'azor! Hatzlacha raba!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-36123780067883334162007-11-12T16:59:00.000-05:002007-11-12T16:59:00.000-05:00I haven't had time for it, and my doctor says I ne...I haven't had time for it, and my doctor says I need it, so that's what I think I need to do over my kochos (not the only thing of course). May Hashem help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-38209143624975750602007-11-12T16:54:00.000-05:002007-11-12T16:54:00.000-05:00Rabbi Newman, indeed it is (or can be). See my pos...Rabbi Newman, indeed it is (or can be). See my post here: http://dixieyid.blogspot.com/2007/07/piaseczna-on-mind-over-body-practice.html<BR/><BR/>It can also be good Psychoneuro-Immunologicly.<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-21223773737671377902007-11-12T16:45:00.000-05:002007-11-12T16:45:00.000-05:00Exercise is part of avodas Hashem.Exercise is part of avodas Hashem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-27455940144019714542007-11-12T16:23:00.000-05:002007-11-12T16:23:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-17838894209425396012007-11-12T15:39:00.000-05:002007-11-12T15:39:00.000-05:00R' Newman,Coincedentally, you have the same IP add...R' Newman,<BR/><BR/>Coincedentally, you have the same IP address as anonymous. Fascinating.<BR/><BR/>Nothing's wrong with going to sleep earlier, but in my case it isn't possible for the time being. I'm in night school and unfortunately it's not shiach.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, anon was about it about it being 4 hours/night anyway since I'd said I get to bed at 11-11:30 so it's really closer to 5 hours of sleep anyway and his whole point about sleep was that "less" than 5 hours had possible bad effects in a portion of the population. So the health point is weak as it relates to me anyway.<BR/><BR/>But like I said to him, the post was not about me. It was about how Hashem takes you beyond yourself when you feel that there's no other choice and you make an absolute decision to do so. <BR/><BR/>So my question to you is: What part of your avodas Hashem do you feel you need to do but you just haven't felt able to take on yet?" <BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to your resopnse!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-30903799440555209532007-11-12T15:29:00.000-05:002007-11-12T15:29:00.000-05:00Came across this post and read the comments-intere...Came across this post and read the comments-interesting.<BR/><BR/>I hear your point about each person needing diff. sleep but there is a minimum that is suggested by the rapoh yerapeh, today's doctors, which is really Hashem since he is telling us to go to doctors, as Bilvavi writes in one place. So, the question is when do we say you can go against the doctors, and when not. <BR/><BR/>What's bad about going to sleep earlier if one is getting up at 4AM?<BR/><BR/>Anon. 's basis is more or less solid in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-1376213041311190502007-11-12T14:34:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:34:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-16736690886413311122007-11-12T14:20:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:20:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-28319167379234634962007-11-12T14:04:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:04:00.000-05:00Alright, this is getting silly. Conversation over....Alright, this is getting silly. Conversation over.<BR/><BR/>Be well.<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-46397577030882848962007-11-12T14:02:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:02:00.000-05:00"The snide tone of your comments mitigates against..."The snide tone of your comments mitigates against the purported "for my own good" intentions."<BR/><BR/>For the record, and I just re-read the string of comments here, if I started getting snide, it was in reaction to your cynical 'you paskined that halacha yourself' line-very cynical, just because someone had a valid kashya that deserved a teirutz.<BR/><BR/>So, you've been getting 4 hours of sleep per night for 3 years now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-11668406968341048842007-11-12T12:52:00.000-05:002007-11-12T12:52:00.000-05:00The snide tone of your comments mitigates against ...The snide tone of your comments mitigates against the purported "for my own good" intentions.<BR/><BR/>However, it's been over 3 years now and going strong. Now my rebbe's very specific eitza *isn't* good enough anymore since it doesn't conform with your personal conception of things?<BR/><BR/>You have to think above your current kochos. Don't live so "inside the box." If you go outside the box for Hashem once in a while, He will go outside the box for you.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, this whole discussion about me takes your focus away from you. You should ask yourself what aspect of your avodas Hashem are just a little bit beyond what you think your current kochos are. Make an absolute decision (hachlata) to go for that next step, and you will see how Hashem will help you succeed if you are committed.<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-68669666818563802602007-11-12T11:34:00.000-05:002007-11-12T11:34:00.000-05:00You should know that though you think I'm the yetz...You should know that though you think I'm the yetzer hara to your sleep plan in disguise, my point was sincerely to keep you in check because functioning on 4 hours of sleep is on the radical side and often the yetzer hara wants to rev us up with extreme overdrive for a while so then we'll burn out our engines, sometimes with long term damage. I didn't want that to happen to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-73276307811249603472007-11-12T11:12:00.000-05:002007-11-12T11:12:00.000-05:00Hatzlacha functioning on 4 hours of sleep.Hatzlacha functioning on 4 hours of sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-7356683500988638672007-11-12T10:07:00.000-05:002007-11-12T10:07:00.000-05:00You have just gotten obnoxious, but I love you any...You have just gotten obnoxious, but I love you anyway.<BR/><BR/>I asked him 3 days ago and he said it's a good thing and the amount of sleep is dependant on the person, no one size fits all amount, as you seem to belive in. <BR/><BR/>Hatzlacha raba with the good things that you do though!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-58865759742092082602007-11-12T10:05:00.000-05:002007-11-12T10:05:00.000-05:00Still waiting. . .Still waiting. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-36442562112862845452007-11-09T10:51:00.000-05:002007-11-09T10:51:00.000-05:00I await to see what your rebbe says but make sure ...I await to see what your rebbe says but make sure you don't confuse the shayla. The shayla is not if you should learn early in the AM. Learning early is wonderful-no one is against that. The shayla is whether you should be getting 4 hours of sleep per night on a regular basis.<BR/>By all means learn early in the AM, just go to sleep earlier.<BR/><BR/>I await to hear if your rebbe says you should get 4 hours of sleep a night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-30032263988331081322007-11-09T04:27:00.000-05:002007-11-09T04:27:00.000-05:00You know what, it is true that I did not act this ...You know what, it is true that I did not act this *direct* question to my rebbe before startint to do it because it seemed obvious based on two other related questions that I did ask.<BR/><BR/>One was whether or not I should do the particular limud that I started off with during that time slot, and I did specify to him in my question what the time slot was. He said it was a great and wonderful idea. We weren't even discussing whether or not the time slot was a good idea, but rather the subject of the limud.<BR/><BR/>And then again a little later, when we finished that first sefer, I asked him what we should learn during that time slot after that. The fact of whether or not getting up early to learn is a good idea or not mitzad health reasons seemed like such a non question that who would have ever thought to ask.<BR/><BR/>However, BL"N, I will ask him the specific question.<BR/><BR/>Halevai people engaged in such intricate cheshbonos before doing aveiros as you suggest one do before doing mitzvos!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-61492306880559217122007-11-08T22:22:00.000-05:002007-11-08T22:22:00.000-05:00"There's something off-balance about your approach..."There's something off-balance about your approach."<BR/><BR/>What's off-balance is that you have not asked your rebbe (since you have not responded to that point a few times now) about taking this radical step. Ask him and see if he agrees with you. <BR/><BR/>My approach is the norm-Yours is the chidush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-5720653435422560662007-11-08T20:00:00.000-05:002007-11-08T20:00:00.000-05:00Basically, I have problems with your application h...Basically, I have problems with your application here. There's something off-balance about your approach.<BR/><BR/>I can't justify learning 1 or 2 hours less learning per day, 5 days per week, 4 weeks per month, 12 months per year for several years because of a worried state about what "may" happen to a certain statistical portion of the population in a similar situation. It just doesn't add up.<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-84954588049879501352007-11-08T15:26:00.000-05:002007-11-08T15:26:00.000-05:00because of some possible medical effects that don'...because of some possible medical effects that don't even show up until after time. Shomer pesaim Hashem.<BR/><BR/>Read Rabbi Kirzner's, zl, Artscroll book on suffering where he blows this exact shomer pesaim misapplied shita out of the water. I bet you'd say the same for poor eating habits and lack of exercise too since they also 'only' show up later. <BR/>Rav Kirzner shows how many if not most health problems are really due to lack of proper hishtadlus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-52170612666630893642007-11-08T15:21:00.000-05:002007-11-08T15:21:00.000-05:00"When there's a ratzon, Hashem gives a person the ..."When there's a ratzon, Hashem gives a person the kochos. And if that happens to fall outside of what medical studies show... well, the Torah is Lema'alah Min Ha'Tevah."<BR/><BR/>Sounds very nice but as I said before, did you ask your rebbe before taking this radical superman step?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-70903240714548405362007-11-08T15:01:00.000-05:002007-11-08T15:01:00.000-05:00Thanks Maks. :-)Anon,Maks take is basically how I ...Thanks Maks. :-)<BR/><BR/>Anon,<BR/><BR/>Maks take is basically how I see it.<BR/><BR/>I didn't say that I'm trying to be like the Amshinover or the Skverer Rebbe (neither of whome I was referring to). I was bringing the fact of people like that to show that we don't necessarily say something is a cut & dry halachic psak just because of some possible medical effects that don't even show up until after time. Shomer pesaim Hashem.<BR/><BR/>-Dixe YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.com